Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Pituicytoma is a rare neoplasm of the sellar region, believed to originate from neurohypophyseal cells. Tumor resection is the primary treatment option, but may remain incomplete due to excessive bleeding of the well vascluarized tumor stroma. Therefore the search for alternative or additional treatment regimens is necessary. In a previous publication in 2012 the presence of VEGF-R was shown in one tumor sample, potentially opening the door for modern treatment o...

Background: Thermoregulatory disorders after neurosurgery of craniopharingyomas were seldom reported.Aim: To present the difficulties of etiologic diagnosis and treatment of a persistent febrile syndrome in a patient with surgically removed craniopharyngioma.Patient and methods: A 34 years old man with a giant craniopharyngioma situated in the basal-anterior part of the third ventricle is reported. Anterior pituitary hormones were ...